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Geographical survey of the landscapes and environments of the USSR. Through an examination of the great landscape belts of the Soviet Union, the A. distinguishes the salient features of the natural and cultural landscapes in each area, and shows that culture has been the determinant of the transformations of the natural environment. The importance of past culture is examined, with a brief anticipatory glance at marxism and the soviet period. The final chapter on "state policy and the environment" has been rewritten and considerably expanded to show how the soviet system has produced a uniquely distinctive landscape imprint. (d'après l'A.).